Small Screen vs Large Screen & different standards?

[Poltargyst]

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.

Thanks, George.

 

[Warped9]

The Cage with added footage would have been great on the big screen, I think it could have stood on its own even if Trek had never made it to TV.

I've always wanted to see "The Cage" with added footage of the ship in orbit and other such familiar scenes we got during the series, but not in the first pilot. I feel like something is missing after that first bg reveal of the 11 footer. And at the time the 11 footer wasn't lighted as it would be in the second pilot WNMHGB.

 

[RAMA]

There are episodes that would have been adapted well to the big screen I think.

Balance of Terror
Where No Man Has Gone Before
Ultimate Computer
Tholian Web

..are among them.

 

[Spock's Barber]

The opening credits of TOS would be awesome in 3D on a theater screen, coupled with Shatner's booming voice in DolbySound.

 

[Noname Given]

The Cage with added footage would have been great on the big screen, I think it could have stood on its own even if Trek had never made it to TV.

Well, had Star Trek not been picked up as a series; that was the plan (IE to pad it out with enough footage they could do a limited theatrical release of "The Cage" in movie theaters and recoup their production cost and maybe urn a bit of a profit.

 

[Kor]

I wouldn't have minded a handful of episodes being padded out with additional scenes for the cinema like they did with The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Imagine what they could have done with the ship exterior, as well as previously unknown B-story lines with new guest stars that really didn't add anything to the main story.

Incidentally, that also allowed for slightly more risque content than the TV series.

Kor